My car needs straightening
21 November 2006, 09:40 PM
#1
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 953
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My car needs straightening
Backing out of my drive, BIG campervan at the bottom of it couldn't see a thing past it so waited a few seconds then edged my way out BANG Got Rear ended
. Not much damage to the fiesta that hit me so i paid for her car to be fixed rather than go through the insurance, but now i need to fix mine any body have any idea how much it is to get a car jigged?
Cheers
. Not much damage to the fiesta that hit me so i paid for her car to be fixed rather than go through the insurance, but now i need to fix mine any body have any idea how much it is to get a car jigged?Cheers
21 November 2006, 09:48 PM
#4
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 1,083
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Oooohhhh don't sound too good
Gettin a car Jigged ain't cheep mate, whats the damage? Quarter pannel, rear pannel?
Best bet see if u can get the car to a garage to get an estimate or if u can't get to the garage ask if they can come out and do an estimate off site?
Dan
Gettin a car Jigged ain't cheep mate, whats the damage? Quarter pannel, rear pannel?
Best bet see if u can get the car to a garage to get an estimate or if u can't get to the garage ask if they can come out and do an estimate off site?
Dan
22 November 2006, 06:46 PM
#7
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (6)
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: cornwall
Posts: 1,110
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The bodyshop i took mine to charged £300 to jig both front chassis legs and weld on a section of inner wing and leg on one side which i supplied. Scoobybits are a your best bet for a cut.
Trending Topics
22 November 2006, 07:37 PM
#12
Originally Posted by stira2
she couldn't see a thing either, police said at the time it was my fault cause i was reversing out instesd of coming out forwards
Bet she was a fat bloater eating a mars bar - n' all.
Also - as far as i am aware - most cars are fitted with reverse gears - don't think it is illegal to reverse out of a drive yet is it ???
Last edited by jods; 22 November 2006 at 07:39 PM.
22 November 2006, 09:09 PM
#13
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 9,196
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by jods
- most cars are fitted with reverse gears - don't think it is illegal to reverse out of a drive yet is it ???
22 November 2006, 09:26 PM
#14
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 262
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by jods
Also - as far as i am aware - most cars are fitted with reverse gears - don't think it is illegal to reverse out of a drive yet is it ???
22 November 2006, 10:08 PM
#15
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 953
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by scoobchrissy
yeah get some pics up, might not be that bad....
24 November 2006, 01:14 PM
#16
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 953
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
[IMG]%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r210/stira2/apexi034.jpg%5B/IMG%5D[/IMG]
[IMG]%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r210/stira2/apexi033.jpg%5B/IMG%5D[/IMG]
[IMG]%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r210/stira2/apexi033.jpg%5B/IMG%5D[/IMG]
I wasn't expecting that much damage. Why didn't you go through insurance? The damage to your car looks very expensive
24 November 2006, 02:31 PM
#20
A bit hard to say off the pics TBH...
But, anything after the rear axle, is not really structural or related to the suspension pick up points of the car.
It would need to go onto a body jig to straighten the rear chassis leg back to where it should be.
Panel wise it would also need a rear wing, rear panel, boot floor, boot lid.
It's not a bad crash/repair, but neither is it a cheap one
The cost of these panels, along with the cost of the repair, would IMHO, outweigh the cost of going and buying another car...
Better off selling the car as a breaker to a Subaru specialist, or break yourself, and buy another car...
But, anything after the rear axle, is not really structural or related to the suspension pick up points of the car.
It would need to go onto a body jig to straighten the rear chassis leg back to where it should be.
Panel wise it would also need a rear wing, rear panel, boot floor, boot lid.
It's not a bad crash/repair, but neither is it a cheap one
The cost of these panels, along with the cost of the repair, would IMHO, outweigh the cost of going and buying another car...
Better off selling the car as a breaker to a Subaru specialist, or break yourself, and buy another car...
24 November 2006, 02:39 PM
#21
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 953
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
been offered a rear quarter, back panel and boot floor off another car and i already have another boot,bumper and light. Is it not just a case of pulling it back to shape cutting the damaged panels and welding some new ones on ?
It hasn't touched the wheel at all and its just caught the chassis leg
It hasn't touched the wheel at all and its just caught the chassis leg
24 November 2006, 02:50 PM
#22
Scooby Regular
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ascended to the next level
Posts: 7,498
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
That's a bad one, 20mph impact by the looks of it, not much structure in the boot of these. Has the roof flexed?? (look for chages in reflections). If it hasn't flexed, it is repairable ). But the cost of doing is going to outweigh the cars value anyway imo. (well, you can reapir it with a flexed roof, but nobody worth their salt would want to as its a pain to do right and would cost even more).
If it was a RS500, it would be worth (done a few in the past ). This, bearing in mind how much Subaru panel sections cost is not going to be worth it.
If it was a RS500, it would be worth (done a few in the past
). This, bearing in mind how much Subaru panel sections cost is not going to be worth it.
24 November 2006, 03:04 PM
#23
Scooby Regular
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 142
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
An insurance company would write that off as being uneconomical to repair.
They would be right. You will be far better off breaking it, selling the bits on ebay and buying another. There's a lot of work in getting that right again.
They would be right. You will be far better off breaking it, selling the bits on ebay and buying another. There's a lot of work in getting that right again.
24 November 2006, 03:04 PM
#24
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 953
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
no there is nothing in the roof at all, but i'm thinking 250 for jigging, 200 for somebody to cut the panels i need of a car they are breaking e.t.c., 250 for the welding and about 350 for spraying. Are these prices unrealistic ?
24 November 2006, 03:08 PM
#25
Scooby Regular
might be worth finding a car with an engine thats gone bang and transplanting all the bits you can to it, the repair looks like it will cost you a hell of alot of money
24 November 2006, 03:09 PM
#26
Scooby Regular
sounds too cheap mate, to jig it gonna first have o completely strip it, then jig it etc tec, all takes alot fo time to get right, tme is expensive when its car repairs
24 November 2006, 03:27 PM
#28
Scooby Regular
saw a 22b needing to be jigged somewhere around one of the forums, 5 figure some to repair it (and thats not including the origional pannels from subaru costing about 2k each)